A review by carrot2025
Only on the Weekends by Dean Atta

emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The book was okay. A nice and decently quick read but I wasn't a huge of the writing. The ending felt almost rushed or like it wasn't majorly thought out. It just sorta ended with no real closer on the characters. I suppose that could be seen as the point as Mack doesn't get total closer with K and the fam but it just felt like there should be like an extra chapter to explain what Mack is doing in order to grow. Instead we just get Mack writing a letter about how he's grown off page. And I also didn't really like Mack and K relationship. I feel like there should've been more time dedicated to that. All we really get is K shoving Mack away. He doesn't try to involve Mack in his life and then complains about Mack emotional cheating when K barely acts like they're dating. I understand K is meant to be closed off and closeted but it really felt like K never had any interest. We never see even a hint of him actually feeling like he genuinely loved Mack. I really like the idea of the story but it just feels like a bunch of different ideas loosely tied together.
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